Merry Christmas

All in all our Christmas was very enjoyable. We split the day, my family came in the morning and Ryan's family in the afternoon with a shared Christmas dinner. It was really nice to be able to share the day with our entire family. Unfortunately Chase came down with a high fever on Christmas Eve, so although he was able to open presents and even play a bit, he went up and down with a fever all day and was up all night. Chase got some great new toys that I hope will keep him busy over these next crazy months. And yes that is a giant stuffed giraffe, we got it to go in Chase's room.

Big Brother

We have had such fun watching Chase fall into his new role as big brother. He has been so loving and sweet.

The Real Deal

Every year we receive dozens of Christmas cards from friends and family, many that include beautiful photos. Photos where everyone is sitting so sweetly with perfect smiles- unfortunately this is not our reality. This year Chase found it difficult to pose for any pictures. We finally resorted to giving him fruit candy just to get him to sit down for 20 seconds at a time and then it was a matter of catching him without his finger in his mouth or chewing with his mouth open. We did manage to get a nice family photo but I wanted to share the reality of what we went through in order to take that photo.